1804 Map of Scandinavia Baltics by Arrowsmith and Lewis
1804 Map of Scandinavia by Aaron Arrowsmith & Samuel Lewis.
"Sweden and Norway"
Also shows Denmark (with Schleswig and Holstein), Finland and the Baltics
This copper-engraved map comes from "A New and Elegant General Atlas.
Comprising All the New Discoveries, to the Present Time" by Arrowsmith
and Lewis. Published by John Conrad & Co., Philadelphia.
Engraved by F. Shallus.
Aaron Arrowsmith (1750-1823) was a
British geographer and cartographer who engraved and published many fine
maps and atlases based on the best available sources of the day.
Without a formal education Arrowsmith went to London c. 1770 and, after
working as a surveyor, established himself as a mapmaker and publisher.
His large world map (1790) established his reputation.
Samuel Lewis (ca. 1754-1822) was an American geographer and taught drawing
and writing. Shortly after the turn of the century, Lewis and Arrowsmith
formed a partnership and the 1804 edition of "A New and Elegant General Atlas"
was their first
product.
This authentic map shows shows states, provinces, towns, rivers,
and mountains. Shown is Sweden, Finland (including the Alands), Norway, Denmark,
Estonia, Latvia
and nortwestern Russia (Archangel, Olonetz, Wiborg, Novogorod).
Finland is shown as part of Sweden.
Iit is only in 1809, after being conquered by the armies of Russian Emperor
Alexander I from Sweden in the Finnish War, that Finland became an autonomous
Grand Duchy under the Russian Empire. The town of Helsinki is not shown.
The map is a magnificent document and a treat for history buffs.
See pictures
for more details; click image to view larger version.
The Baltic states of Estonia and Latvia (shown
as Revel, Kurland, and Riga) fell under Russian imperial
rule during the 18th century and remained so until the Russian Empire
itself collapsed during the Revolution of 1917. During the greater part
of the 18th century the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth remained
an insignificant pawn ruled by a succession of Saxons who tended to
embroil it in their dynastic struggles in Germany. An attempt at
rejuvenation under Stanislaw II August Poniatowski led
to direct foreign intervention. As a result of three partitions (1772,
1793, and 1795) the Commonwealth was erased from the political map of
Europe. The first two partitions affected only the East Slav lands of
Lithuania, which were ceded to Russia. As a result of the third
and last partition, the bulk of the ethnographically Lithuanian lands
passed to Russia as well. Only the southwestern part, between the Neman
River and East Prussia, was annexed by Prussia. Saaremaa is called Osel
and Hiiumaa - Dago.
Map is 7.9 x 9.7 inches on a 8.7 x 10.7 inches sheet.
Copperplate; clear plate mark.
The condition is
fair/good. Imperfections: browning and foxing.
Will look great with a mat and frame.
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